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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

518 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 516 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 9 MILES NORTH OF CHICO...MOVING 

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALONG 

  AND WEST OF A BOWIE TO NOCONA LINE. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 815 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...BOWIE...FORESTBURG...STONEBURG...ST. JO AND NOCONA.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT

ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3397 9759 3391 9757 3393 9752 3391 9747

      3328 9747 3327 9791 3332 9803 3347 9802

      3348 9799 3386 9797 3388 9792 3386 9788

      3387 9784 3399 9769



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